LABELED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, SR. (1713-1791), PHILADELPHIA, 1768-1776

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A CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-GILT LOOKING GLASS
LABELED BY JOHN ELLIOTT, SR. (1713-1791), PHILADELPHIA, 1768-1776
bears paper label which reads JOHN ELLIOT/ At his Looking-Glass STORE,/ The sign of The Bell and Looking-glafs, in Walnut-/ Street PHILADELPHIA/ IMPORTS and SELLS all sorts of English/ Looking-glafses, at the loweft Rates/ He alfo new Quickflvers and Frames/ Old Glafles, and fupplies People withnew/ Glafs to their own Frames.
38 in. high, 20 ¾ in. wide

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Lot Essay

Written in both English and German with nine lines of English text and a Walnut Street address, the label on the back of this looking glass illustrates the type used by John Elliott, Sr., between 1768-1776. See The Magazine Antiques (June 1964), pp. 679-682, fig. 7.

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